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    Presto

    By Charles Rammelkamp

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    Presto chronicles the adventures of an employee for a temp agency as he goes out on what often seem like absurd assignments for which he occasionally has to make up the rules as he goes along, improvise. As the sequence deepens, we see this unidentified character in later work situations. His attitude seems unchanged as he deals with the absurdities life throws his way.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBamboo Dart Press
    Release dateMay 25, 2023
    ISBN9781947240797
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